Robber carjacked getaway vehicle on Strandherd Drive: Police

A fleeing robber forced the occupants of a parked car to drive him away at knifepoint Saturday afternoon in Barrhaven, police allege.

The victims of the carjacking were unhurt, the robbery unit reports.

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At around 2:25 p.m., a man walked into a store on Strandherd Drive near Woodroffe Avenue with a duffel bag he began to fill with merchandise, police allege. Confronted by employees and other customers, he punched one, tried to strike another then fled.

He jumped into a parked car, threatened the occupants with a knife and demanded to be driven away. After making his escape, he ordered them to get out of the vehicle.

Josh Pearsall, 31, is also charged in connection with an April 14 shoplifting incident and an April 20 robbery.

He was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday on charges of theft under $5,000, robbery, three counts of robbery with a weapon, assault, flight from police, dangerous driving, carrying a concealed weapon, extortion and two counts of breach of probation.